Sunday Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010592
MRDS ID D004388
MAS/MILS ID 490010277
Record type Site
Current site name Sunday Mine
Alternate or previous names Pluto, West Slope, Neptune Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.566, 38.396 (WGS84)
Elevation 2179
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES SW OF POLE MTN. One adit, 3 shafts shown and labeled on topo as "Sunday Mine" Coordinates are for the adit which is in the middle of the triangle of 3 shafts.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pole Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 006W 6 SE of SE of SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4, SE 1/4, SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericific Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Mt Belknap Rhyolite
    Rock description Mt Belknap Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.566, 38.396

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne Striking Fracture Hosting A Quartz Vein, N-S Striking, Arcuate Normal Fault
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Marysvale Volcanic Field, Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT-"TABLE LIKE"
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Hosting A Quartz Vein, Striking Nne

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Newton District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gillies, Jay
    Year 1979

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS (250) (50)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUNNINGHAM, C.G., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BEAVER NE QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOL. -SURVEY MAP MF-1191

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, A.E., 1982, VOLCANOGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS:MINOBRAS PUBLICATION, AVAILABLE FROM MINOBRAS, P.O. BOX 262, D-ANA POINT, CA, 92629

  • Deposit

    UGMS ECON FILES 1979 CRIB 1-BEAVER-13

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1979-07-01 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 1985-07-01 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2011-11-07 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Merged and deleted duplicate record 10130226. Changed uranium from a major to secondary commodity. This was a formerly producing gold mine, never a uranium mine.
Reporter 1983-11-18 Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey MAS 0490010277 = 10130226

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references